_In the end of the Sabbath._ THE MEANING AND MEMORIES OF SUNDAY Let us consider some of the religious principles which have given and preserved this holy day to us. I. “The first day of the week” is a day of mighty memories-memories that we cannot let die. 1. The celebration of the Lord’s Day ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_And behold, there was a great earthquake._ THE EARTHQUAKE TRUMPET An earthquake was a royal trumpet to proclaim this victory, the greatest that ever was obtained against an enemy. The deep murmur and hollow sound which came from beneath the earth gave notice at one blast to heaven, and hell, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the angel answered and said unto the women._ FEARS DISPELLED Why should not the seekers of Jesus fear? I. Because in seeking Him, they have an evidence that He has sought them, and found them, and touched their hearts. II. They that seek Christ should rejoice; for in seeking they shall cert... [ Continue Reading ]
_He is not here: for He is risen, as He said._ THE OPEN SEPULCHRE A SEAL OF REDEMPTION I. The place which the angel bade the women come and see was an open, empty tomb. Earth is the place of tombs. There is no tomb in heaven; no silent grave in hell. Every grave of earth will yet be empty. II. Mo... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they departed quickly from the sepulchre._ JOY IN THE MORNING Just as a man who has travelled in the dark, looks back at break of day from some lofty eminence on the way that he has gone, and admires the beauty and magnificence of objects that he passed, aware only of their existence and not... [ Continue Reading ]
_And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail._ HOW THE RISEN CHRIST IS SEEN It is not supposed that the impartial Christ, or the Christianity of His gospel, literally prefers one sex to the other. But He respects the nature of each, and does not abrogate the law... [ Continue Reading ]
_Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole Him away._ THE CHIEF PRIESTS’ STORY I. Let us begin with an exact understanding of the whole story at once. II. Coolly and dispassionately it becomes us to weigh the tale, therefore, on its merits. 1. In the very outset the antecedent improbability... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee._ ON THE MOUNTAIN I. Is the world’s need any less now than it was then? The needs of the human soul are still unsupplied by any material satisfactions. The conscience of the world is still troubled with the old problem, “How shall man be just with... [ Continue Reading ]
_But some doubted._ DOUBTS I. Philosophic doubts. All men are not philosophers, and cannot reason as Descartes did from self to all outside. We must accept some axioms without proof. II. Rationalistic doubts. The withholding faith in spite of evidence. They mistake the use of reason in matters of... [ Continue Reading ]
_All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth._ THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SAVIOUR I. The prerogative itself. 1. Its nature-“power.” This means authority and ability. 2. Its extent-“all.” 3. Its acquisition-“given.” II. View it in reference to his personal character. When an individual obtain... [ Continue Reading ]
_Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations._ A PLEA FOR MISSIONS There are many lessons in these words. 1. A lesson as to the result of death. Some thought that death had taken all “power “ from Christ. They that follow Christ as well as the Master are not robbed by death; but on the other side of... [ Continue Reading ]
_And, lo, I am with you alway._ CHRIST CONTINUALLY PRESENT WITH HIS CHURCH I. That the Saviour is speaking of more than that presence, which is inseparable from the nature of his own essential and eternal godhead. In the case of our Lord the Godhead is so modified by its alliance with the Humanity... [ Continue Reading ]